The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-11
GENERAL RAILWAY NEWS.
Matters of Money and Management
About Various Lines.


About Various Lines.
The agreement between the Louisville
and Nashville Company and the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers, settling the
question of grievances, has been printed
and signed by G. NJ Arthur and j. L. Har-
| ahan. 1t is ironclad in character, but gives
the engineers all they desire.
OF the 461 men examined on the Reading
road for color blindness, twenty seven fail
ed to pass One man who had been run
| ming heavy engine on fast train for
several years was found to be absolutely
| color blind. He was an extremely cautious
man, and that was all that averted an acct
| dent.
There are 207 new railroads in progress in
the United States. These lines are divided
| among the States as follows: New England
| T. Middle States SO, Southern States As,
| Western States 90, and Pacific States 49,
The extent of the new lines are: New Eng
land 202 miles, Middle States 6SS miles,
Southern States 2, 1872 miles, Western states
son miles, and Pacific States l,0SS miles,
making an aggregate of 1921 miles.
A special from jackson, Tenn, says that
Vice President Leake, Chief Engineer Tenn
pie and other officials of the Midland rail
road arrived there Aug. s to view the work
of construction, which had begun in earnest.
Employees and machinery had been arriving
for several days. Probably 800 men are
now at work within ten miles of jackson
toward Memphis. The officials are highly
pleased with the outlook for the early con-
struction of the line from there to Mem
phis.
The enforcement of the law with refer
ence to the examination of train men on
color blindness is not progressing very salts
factorily. A number of men on the Nash
vile and Decatur division were examined
by DR.. Sanders, one of the Commission, and
failed TO pass. They then went to Birming-
ham and received certificates after being ex-
amined and pronounced all right. Since
that time DIR. Sanders has been committed
to jail at Huntsville for some alleged crook
edness connected with the examinations.
The Knoxville Southern, of which r. NJ.
Pulsifer, of the Boston Herald, is President,
will extend from Knoxville through Blount
county to Maryville, thence via Tellico
Plains to the Hiwassee river, and from that
point to Murphy, N. c., and thence to
Atlanta. over roads now in operation.
There are immense deposits Of brown
Gap, and from the latter place to Murphy
great beds of iron ore, mica, slate, copper
and manganese are found. The road will
tap the Ducktown copper country, and is
everywhere within access of fine forests.
Connections will be made with the Marietta
and North Georgia railroad. The company
promises to build the road and have it in
operation within two years.
Much interest is now manifested by the
people of Nashville in the success of the
Tennessee Midland railroad. The gentle
men who are projectors of the enterprise
have filed an application in the Davidson
County Court for subscription by that
county of 100000 in 5 per cent. bonds.
They ask that the County Court be con-
vened on Aug. %, for the purpose of voting
upon the submitting to the people the
Sept. %. The terms are 100000 of
bonds, per cent. when the road
is constructed and put in operation to a
| point fifty miles west from Nashville, begin
| ming at Nashville; Sl00,000 when constructed
| and put in operation from Nashville to
! Memphis; 100000 when it is constructed
| and put in operation fifty miles east from
Nashville; 100000 when it is constructed
and put in operation to the Cincinnati
| Southern railroad, and 800, 900 when the
entire line is constructed and is put in
| operation from Memphis, by way of Nash
vile, to the Virginia State line.
The trestle of the Louisville and Wadley
railroad, that crosses the Ogeechee river
about two miles from Louisville, was nearly
| all carried down with the food, so that no
| train has run on this road for several weeks,
| ana as Une enDanKnenU IOr QulUe long us
| lance on each side of the river has been
washed away in great many places, it will
be two or three weeks before the train will
cross. Then the seven bridges that cross
| the same river and swamp on the Barlow
road and which are three miles from Louis
vile, have all been so damaged that they are
| in a useless condition. The telegraph line
has been in very bad fix, as the giving
| away of the railroad trestle carried several
| of the posts with the wire under water.
| Mr.. William Donovan, President of the Lou
isville and Wadley railroad, together with
several of the directors, have been indefat-
| igable in their efforts to save the trestle,
which is nearly half mile long. They had
it chained down in number OF places, but
notwithstanding all their labor, the damage
is enormous The seven bridges, together
with the crossway on the Barlow road, have
also been rendered useless, as not even foot
passengers can cross The water continued
| to rise until it was nearly 2 feet over the
| track, and the track on the trestle was some
| Is higher than the swamp, which is usually
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